Friday, March 4, 2011

Playing fast and loose in my Moleskine with a ruling pen, Moon Palace sumi, Japanese lace paper, and Derwent Inktense pencils. Every now and again I simply enjoy slinging some ink and not worrying about the end result.

The Congressional Chorus Advertisement

Last fall I was contacted by an illustrator, Greg, requesting permission to use one of my marbled paper images on Flickr. He had seen some prints I had made in a Diane Maurer-Mathison workshop. Greg does the illustration for The Congressional Chorus in Washington D.C. Didn't he create a terrific illustration for the campaign? (I wish I owned a pair of those shoes!)

Greg's other campaigns for The Congressional Chorus can be seen by clicking here and here.

Above is my original paper. I think this is the image Greg used. He did such a great job making it pretty in pink that I'm not certain if it was this image or another one in my Flickr Photostream.

The Congressional Chorus Advertisement

If you will be in Washington D.C. March 25 -27, then put on your marbled dancin' shoes and join The Congressional Chorus at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. It looks as though it will a swingin' good time! For ticket information, click here.

I love Gwen Weaver's pointed pen lettering which inspired the larger letters in this piece. (Sorry, it appears Gwen's website no longer exists.) I used the Dr. Martin's Pen White and a Spencerian No.1 nib.

10 comments:

Oh, Jane, WOW, Harvest Crittenden's workshop!!! I will have to just live vicariously through you on this one! Let us hear all about it! The shoe turned out darling and I too love Gwen's Rascally Romans letterforms. You do them so well. I should get out my exemplar and practice them. You have inspired me!

I really love your Hebrews quote! I've been leading a weekly study in Hebrews for the past 4 years (due to finish up in April) and I love that book. It's beautiful to see those words executed with such visual impact.

It's all wonderful! I loved getting a peek at your moleskin, the informal beauty. And I have never heard of the pen white but now I want to try it-if you saw my latest post you'll see I'm fond of ink! LOL!

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